Practice starts from a small soldier

Chapter 15 Harvesting and Climbing to the Top

Before entering the mountain, Zhang Qi did a lot of homework.

He made a special trip to the largest pharmacy in Baisha City. On the one hand, he inquired about the market price of North Mang Ginseng, and on the other hand, he had a look at what the North Mang Ginseng looked like.

North Mang ginseng is easy to distinguish.

The exposed part is white jade, with a marble-like texture, and the roots and root hairs buried underground are topaz-colored, and the whole is crystal clear, like a peerless jade, which is beyond words.

He also found out how to identify the year of Beimang ginseng.

The roots of Beiman Mountain are like its annual rings. Every year it grows, Beiman Ginseng grows an extra root.Just by counting the roots, you can know how old the dug out Beimang ginseng is.The older the northern mang ginseng, the greater its medicinal value, and naturally the more valuable it is.

The weed-like plant in front of me is obviously not the northern mang ginseng.

Because its leaves are light green, if you look closely, you can see some small red veins on the leaves, just like human blood vessels.

"Could it be that thing?"

Zhang Qi's heart skipped a beat, he learned a lot from San Weng in the past two days.

In Beiman Mountain, besides the unique local Beiman ginseng, there are also many natural and earthly treasures, which can be sold at a good price outside.

He climbed in front of this plant, and then took out a medicine hoe specially used for digging medicinal herbs.

Put the thin and sharp end of the medicine hoe into the crack of the rock and pry it lightly, the whole plant was immediately pried up by the roots, and slowly came out from the crack of the rock...

"It's really red blood ginseng!"

Seeing the blood-red rhizomes and root hairs, Zhang Qi's face suddenly showed surprise.

Although red blood ginseng is not as precious as northern mang ginseng, it is also a very rare herb. It can be used as medicine or taken directly. It has the miraculous effect of quickly replenishing qi and blood.

A ten-year-old red blood ginseng is worth more than ten taels of silver, equivalent to two months of his military pay.

"I remember Shen Weng once said a jingle that the northern ginseng dominates, and the blood ginseng is in groups. It means that in the place where the northern ginseng grows, there is no second northern ginseng, but the red blood ginseng is just the opposite. If you see A red blood ginseng indicates that there are other red blood ginseng growing nearby."

After Zhang Qi put the red blood ginseng into his basket, he began to search around.

Shen Weng was really right.

He found five more red blood ginseng plants nearby, all of which grew in extremely hidden rock crevices. If he hadn't searched inch by inch, he would have almost missed it.

"A big harvest."

Looking at the six red blood ginseng plants in the basket, Zhang Qi couldn't help grinning.

Although the northern mang ginseng has not been found, it is a surprise to be able to harvest six red blood ginseng at one time.

The way to identify the age of red blood ginseng is the same as that of northern mang ginseng.Zhang Qi has figured out the age of these six red blood ginseng plants, one of which is more than 50 years old, almost half an arm long, with dense roots.

The four plants are between ten and fifty years old.

And a nine-year-old plant.

This nine-year-old red blood ginseng is only as long as one finger.

For the red blood ginseng that can grow for hundreds of years, it is still just a child, but it still has not escaped Zhang Qi's poisonous hands.

Not only that, but Zhang Qi was going to eat it.

[Vigor and blood: 3.5 (currently 1.7)]

Since the battle with the ghost beast, his blood has not recovered, and with more than two hours of continuous rock climbing, half of the blood in his body has been consumed.

At this moment, Zhang Qi obviously felt powerless.

Men know this feeling...

So, he decided to make up for himself a little.

Red blood ginseng can be eaten all over the body. After Zhang Qi rubbed the nine-year-old red blood ginseng on his body, he couldn't wait to take a bite.

Mmm... so sweet!
It tastes sweet and tastes like a radish. If you taste it carefully, you can even taste a trace of blood, just like a medium-rare steak...

All in all, not difficult to eat.

Zhang Qi ate up the nine-year-old red blood ginseng in his hand.

soon.

The medicinal effects of the red blood ginseng began to take effect, and Zhang Qi could only feel a scalding heat, violently gushing out from his abdomen, sweeping through his limbs...

It was the first time for Zhang Qi to eat red blood ginseng, and it was also the first time he felt such a rapid and overbearing medicinal property. His skin had already turned as red as blood, and his body radiated astonishing heat. His cold hands and feet became warm as well. , I feel full of strength all over my body...

[Vigor and blood: 3.5 (currently 3.5)]

After just a few minutes, the Qi and blood in Zhang Qi's body had completely recovered, and it was almost overflowing.

"What an overbearing red blood ginseng!"

Zhang Qi was amazed.

In his previous life, he once ate a 30-year-old wild ginseng from Changbai Mountain, and it only caused some nosebleeds. It was incomparable to the [-]-year-old red blood ginseng he ate just now.

The remaining five red blood ginsengs are all more than ten years old, and the medicinal effect will only be stronger.

"No wonder it's so valuable, this thing is simply a gas station for practitioners."

Zhang Qi, revived with full blood, continued to climb up.

I don't know if it was luck, or because the path he climbed was inaccessible, Zhang Qi found a 100-year-old North Mang Ginseng and an unknown-year Snow Ganoderma lucidum at a distance of less than 15 meters. .

The 15-year-old North Mang ginseng alone is worth 200 taels of silver.

It is equivalent to his military pay for three or four years.

Zhang Qi felt the joy of making money for the first time.

But not enough.

He is now full of energy and blood, and he can climb another 1000 meters without any problem.

He wants to see how high this Tianzhu Peak is.

The old man once said that the older the Beimang ginseng growing in the colder the place, the better the quality. Maybe there is a thousand-year-old Beimang ginseng waiting for him at the top of the peak.

Zhang Qi cheered up and began to focus on rock climbing.

I don't know how long it took.

Zhang Qi had no choice but to stop climbing up because of lack of energy. The temperature here had dropped to a terrible level, coupled with the cold wind like ice knives around him, his body kept losing temperature.

In order to fight against hypothermia, the blood in his body was being consumed rapidly.

[Vigor and blood: 3.5 (currently 1.1)]

The blood in the body is less than one-third, which is already quite dangerous.

Zhang Qi looked up.

For a rock climber, not reaching the summit is tantamount to complete failure.

He must climb to the top to see!

"I still have to make up for it."

Zhang Qi took out a second red blood ginseng from his back basket, ready to replenish his consumed qi and blood.

This 13-year-old red blood ginseng is twice as thick as the one I ate before.

The efficacy of the medicine is also more overbearing.

Just taking a bite, the blood in Zhang Qi's body was replenished.

Then climb.

In this way, Zhang Qi relied on the red blood ginseng to maintain his physical strength, and when he was sleepy and tired, he would take a bite of red blood ginseng, and instantly revived with full blood.

When the second red blood ginseng was eaten.

Zhang Qi finally saw the peak, which was just above him and could already be seen with the naked eye.

Below is the churning sea of ​​clouds.

Above, a big sun hangs high in the sky, shining on the cliffs and the sea of ​​clouds, covering everything in the world with a golden veil...

"What a nice view!"

Looking at this incomparably magnificent scene, Zhang Qi felt that the trip was worthwhile.

but.

Now that half of his body is hanging in the air, this is not the time to enjoy the beautiful scenery. He will take a good look at it when he climbs to the top of the peak.

Zhang Qi worked hard, spent another half an hour, and finally climbed to the top of the peak.

"Huh... I'm exhausted."

When he climbed to the top of the peak, Zhang Qi immediately chose to lie down and relax his body and brain.

An overwhelming sense of fatigue swept over his body in an instant.

Just when he was about to close his eyes and take a rest, he suddenly heard some strange sounds in his ears, which made him tremble with fright. He sat up hastily and turned his head to look.

"Fuck!"

(End of this chapter)